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As more and more pass-through business income goes to the super-rich, the income share of the top 1% doubles.

Forget partisan finger-pointing. The Jeffrey Epstein scandal cuts across party lines, indicting economic and political elites alike. Epstein just enjoyed the perks of life in one of the very top tiers of a society where laws are for little people.

Sen. Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursue, if she’s interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal. His investigators had discovered that four big banks had flagged $1.5 billion in potentially suspicious money transfers

Your stock portfolio may grow. But say goodbye to next year’s raise—and maybe even your job. Donald Trump’s election provides a useful occasion to examine the difference between what rich people want and what constitutes a thriving economy.

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Not on this planet. The wealthiest of our wealthy, a just-released report from Americans for Tax Fairness points out, are doing their best to keep these good times — for America’s rich — rolling.

The inflation panic is causing some Democrats to pivot from social spending to deficit reduction. That’s exactly the wrong approach.

Top 1.0% of earners see wages up 179% since 1979 while share of wages for bottom 90% hits new low

This reconciliation bill is being opposed by every Republican in Congress as well as the drug companies, the insurance companies, the fossil fuel industry and the billionaire class. They want to maintain the status quo in which the rich get richer.

New York’s economic development policy was all about developing the pocketbooks of campaign donors and leaving working class and poor New Yorkers behind, cutting out small businesses, favoring cronies, leaving communities struggling for resources.